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	Επισκόπηση πεδίου	Επισκόπηση Χαρτογράφησης
Πεδίο	Επιστημομετρία	Επιστημομετρία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2005	Late 1990s–2000s; major methodological formalization ~2010s
Δημιουργός	Hilary Arksey & Lisa O'Malley	Buckland & Gann (1998); formalized by systematic review community (Campbell Collaboration, Collaboration for Environmental Evidence)
Τύπος	Evidence synthesis review design	Systematic evidence mapping methodology
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), 19–32.	James, K. L., Randall, N. P., & Haddaway, N. R. (2016). A methodology for systematic mapping in environmental sciences. Environmental Evidence, 5(1), 7.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	scoping study, literature scoping, evidence mapping review, rapid evidence map	evidence map, systematic map, research map, literature map
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	A scoping review is a systematic evidence-synthesis method that maps the breadth and nature of research on a topic — identifying key concepts, evidence types, and gaps — without necessarily appraising study quality or pooling effect sizes. Developed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) and refined by Levac and colleagues (2010), it is particularly valuable for emerging or heterogeneous fields where a full systematic review would be premature or infeasible.	A mapping review (also called a systematic map or evidence map) is a form of systematic review that aims to chart the extent, range, and nature of evidence on a broad topic rather than synthesize findings into a single pooled answer. It categorizes studies by key dimensions — such as intervention type, population, outcome, and study design — and presents the resulting landscape visually and tabularly so that researchers and practitioners can identify clusters of evidence, knowledge gaps, and priorities for future primary research or deeper synthesis.